So, Anyway. [Signed by Author]

Cleese, John

ISBN 10: 0385680244 / ISBN 13: 9780385680240

Published by Doubleday Canada, 2014

About this Item

Hardcover with DJ. White paper over boards with gold lettering on spine. Gold and black lettering on white DJ, with photograph of Cleese. Title page not dated. Copyright page dated 2014. 392 pages. In very good condition. Covers are clean and unmarked. A bit of light bumping along head and foot of spine. DJ is protected by plastic Brodart cover and is in very good condition. DJ is clean and fits snug to boards; Brodart has done its job well -- no evidence of shelf-wear to DJ. SIGNED on title page by author John Cleese. Pages are free of marks or tears, with a number of black and white photographs throughout. Binding is strong. A very good, clean, signed copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: So, Anyway. [Signed by Author]
• Publisher: Doubleday Canada
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385680244
• ISBN 13: 9780385680240
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

John Cleese’s huge comedic influence has stretched across generations; his sharp irreverent eye and the unique brand of physical comedy he perfected with Monty Python, on Fawlty Towers, and beyond now seem written into comedy’s DNA. In this rollicking memoir, So, Anyway…, Cleese takes readers on a Grand Tour of his ascent in the entertainment world, from his humble beginnings in a sleepy English town and his early comedic days at Cambridge University (with future Python partner Graham Chapman), to the founding of the landmark comedy troupe that would propel him to worldwide renown.

Cleese was just days away from graduating Cambridge and setting off on a law career when he was visited by two BBC executives, who offered him a job writing comedy for radio. That fateful moment—and a near-simultaneous offer to take his university humour revue to London’s famed West End—propelled him down a different path, cutting his teeth writing for stars like David Frost and Peter Sellers, and eventually joining the five other Pythons to pioneer a new kind of comedy that prized invention, silliness, and absurdity. Along the way, he found his first true love with the actress Connie Booth and transformed himself from a reluctant performer to a world-class actor and back again.

Twisting and turning through surprising stories and hilarious digressions—with some brief pauses along the way that comprise a fascinating primer on what’s funny and why—this story of a young man’s journey to the pinnacle of comedy is a masterly performance by a master performer.

About the Author

JOHN CLEESE, the star of Monty Python and Fawlty Towers and an entertainment legend, is also a lecturer on creativity and is currently professor-at-large at Cornell University. He currently spends most of his time in England.